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Re: Old stock re-appearing....possibly near you
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Wed, 27 Aug 2003 02:49:57 GMT
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Howdy Bob!!
In lugnet.market.shopping, Robert Horvath wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I live in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada and we visited the Niagara Falls, NY
> TRU last week. They had much older items than we have here (at least in
> Kitchener). They were clearing Rock Raiders and I did see some older sets
> in the "rafters"...but nothing that really got my interest. Although items
> were being clearanced, once I calculated exchange, GST and PST on returning
> to Canada, the price was not that great. The one set I almost bought was
> BackDrop Studio 1356 ....it was $14.99 or $15.99 US. I really felt left
> out...my wife got some Barbie deals, my youngest cleaned up on TMNT
> merchandise and my oldest son got in on a 2 for 1 PS2 game deal. All I got
> was the novelty of signing their electronic credit card authorization
> device.
I was there today. The one back drop was indeed $14.99. They also had an
Studios "Exploding Bank" for $19.99. Also not that great of a deal, but
certainly has some great parts. The Rockraiders set in question is:
http://guide.lugnet.com/set/4980.
I didn't catch the price on that. They also had a 6600 Hiway Construction up
at the top, and a 6478 Firefighters HQ. They had ONE 4561 Railway Express left
for $69.99. They had a bunch of Soccer sets, Studios sets (Green Goblin) on for
clearance and the Island Extreme sets were reduced (IE,
new price).
> I used to be able to find old service paks and small sets at KayBee
> Liquidators in Niagara Falls, NY but that source has also dried up.
Have you tried the KayBee Toys at the Walden Galleria mall. I always find
at least some good deals there, from time to time.
I went to the New BigLots in Niagara Falls, NY today also, and found it to be
a great big disappointment.
> I find our Canadian TRUs manage their inventory a bit more efficiently (just
> my opinion) and clear stock out a lot sooner. A few LEGO events that have
> been really worthwhile were January's(?) soccer sale and the StarWars sale
> about 2 months ago. I don't think you could do any better in the US. You
> can't beat a $43 Yoda and free buckets when you spend $50.
I can't wait until the Christmas season gears up. Blue Tubs (hopefully for
$19.99 CDN). Other half-off sales also. I have my heart set on
2 Starwars Skyhoppers, 1 Scorpion Palace, and 1 6776 Ogel Control Center
(my local TRU has at least 10 6776's).
> I enjoy going the US but I think I'll do my LEGO shopping up here in
> Canuckyland.
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> I don't think you'll find any old discontinued gems at TRU in Canada but I
> wish you luck :)
>
> Bob
That is for sure!!! I think the old sets are LONG gone. Having worked at
TRU last year, and seen the back store room (and helped organize it
periodically) :), I know that there are nothing of old back there!!!
Ben
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| (...) Zellers had a couple of 6600 Highway Construction sets. Only $44.99 CDN. They brought those last year and in some places, they still have some (In many places, infact). I'm kind of interested in the 6478 Firefighters HQ set. With some good (...) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-03, to lugnet.market.shopping)
| | | Re: Old stock re-appearing....possibly near you
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| They re-stocked the shelves at the TRU in niagara falls NY at the north end of Buffalo area. Loads of older star wars 7186/various other goodies. And these were not present a week or two ago so the cleaning has begun. And loads of the train set as (...) (21 years ago, 28-Aug-03, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| Hi, I live in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada and we visited the Niagara Falls, NY TRU last week. They had much older items than we have here (at least in Kitchener). They were clearing Rock Raiders and I did see some older sets in the "rafters"...but (...) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-03, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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